I was driving talking to a friend of mine about a used car and a common question came up…How many miles does it have? What kind of condition is it in? Isn’t it interesting that most people judge used cars based on these factors? Have you ever noticed that people will ask about [...]
One thing has driven ordinary people to extraordinary results through out history…FREEDOM. It has caused people to lose their lives in pursuit of it, flee their homelands in hopes of experiencing it, and make alliances that normally wouldn’t be made to achieve it. Why are people willing to put so much into the concept [...]
Imagine you know of a guy who is in a relationship with a woman that is completely bad for him even-though he can’t see it. You know that the first time she catches him with his guard down, she is going to go in for the “kill.” He, on the other hand, thinks that he [...]
We live in a world of political correctness and diversity, so they say, in America. We are a “melting pot” of tolerance, a Mecca of dreams for immigrants, and Superman to impoverished nations. We are America! We are the land of opportunity and the place where everyone should desire to be. We set the examples [...]
Hip Hop, its not you, its me! I do not feel that there is any substance to our relationship. You use to have passion and talk about “fighting the power”, social change, and inspire me to overcome the “hood.” You use to take a good beat and put an even better lyrical flow over it, [...]
Mayor Bill White, mayor of the City of Houston, has launched an arsenal of public service announcements designed to discourage people from giving to panhandlers. The Mayor has said in a series of interviews that he believes people should give the money to agencies that provide services to the homeless. He has also cited safety [...]
Imagine that you are sitting in a movie theatre watching one of the most intense scenes in the movie and you realize that it is portraying an account from your life. As you get deeper into the scene, you also realize that the person cast in your role doesn’t even look like you. You realize [...]
As I was driving listening to the local talk radio station here in Houston, as I often will do, I heard something that was thought provoking and appalling. The radio host said He believes Katrina “immigrants” are more detrimental to the City of Houston than illegal immigrants. The basis of his argument was the recently [...]
Imagine that you are sitting in a movie theatre watching one of the most intense scenes in the movie and you realize that it is portraying an account from your life. As you get deeper into the scene, you also realize that the person cast in your role doesn’t even look like you. You realize [...]
Are pigs flying? Is it literally raining cats and dogs? How could it be that a 35 year veteran in Congress can be ousted in the primaries by someone in his own party? Political infighting…Who would have thought that people in political parties don’t get along. Incumbents beware! We are watching you and if we [...]